A Selection of the Best Stores for Prog and Metal in London
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Borders |
Charing Cross Rd, London, W1 |
Tube Stop: Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Everything is arranged under Rock and Pop, but generally the selection is OK. Prices are expensive. Good selection of Rock/metal magazines.
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Borders |
Oxford Street, London, W1 |
Tube Stop: Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Everything is arranged under Rock and Pop, but generally the selection is OK. Prices are expensive. Good selection of Rock/metal magazines.
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150 Oxford Street, London |
Tube Stop: Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Probably the biggest record store in the UK. The Biggest metal selection by far on any of London's stores and reasonably knowledgeable staff. Good selection of Magazines, Tshirts, Metal Vinyl etc - as well as great Classical and video/DVD sections. Prices are expensive - top of the Range.
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360, Oxford St, London |
Tube Stop: Bond Street Tube |
Notes: Medium-sized store in the middle of the shopping district. Very mainstream selection and though it has a small metal section, it doesn't contain anything out of the ordinary. Prices are expensive - top of the Range.
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Trocadero Centre, London |
Tube Stop: Piccadilly Circus |
Notes: Useful for late night browsing. Small Metal section on ground floor. Small collection of Metal Magazines and collectors/boxed editions. Tourist Trap. Prices are expensive - top of the Range.
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Jammin with Edward |
399 Station Road, Harrow, HA1 |
Tube Stop: Harrow on the Hill |
Notes: Some good T-shirts, decent 2nd Hand Metal CDs, the odd bootleg and some cool collectors stuff. Most 2nd hand CDs are about UK#8. |
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Mr Cd |
Berwick Street, London W1 |
Tube Stop: Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Sometime has Metal promo disks - worth looking for obscure stuff. Lots of cut-outs and sale material. Prices are cheaper than the big stores, but this store is cash only and you have no comeback if the disk is defective.
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229, Camden High St, London |
Tube Stop: Camden Town |
Notes: Another Mixed-bag store. You might be lucky and find something worth having. You never know
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38, 40 and 64 Notting Hill Gate + 28, Pembridge Rd, London |
Tube Stop: Notting Hill Gate |
Notes: The area to go to, if looking for 2nd hand Vinyl and collector-type stuff
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95, Berwick St, London |
Tube Stop: Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: The selection here is a mixed bag. You will find old Maiden, Saxon, Metallica vinyls etc but not much else.
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On the Beat |
22, Hanway St, London |
Tube Stop: Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Big collection of metal magazines and posters.
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Reckless Records |
26 & 30, Berwick St, London |
Tube Stop: Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Sometimes has some interesting old 70's and 80's vinyl
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228, Camden High St, London |
Tube Stop: Camden Town |
Notes: I've never visited this store. It is open seven days a week 11am to 5:30pm.
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Selectadisc |
34, Berwick St, London |
Tube Stop: Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Good place for T-shirts, Fanzines and obscure Indie Stuff
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94, Berwick St, London |
Tube Stop: Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Deals with lots of Obscure and rare Stuff. Check the website first
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Steve's Sounds |
20 Newport Court, London |
Tube Stop: Leicester Square |
Notes: One of those places where you might just find something interesting. Next to a sex shop and an outlet offering sexual services.
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1, Piccadilly Circus, London |
Tube Stop: Piccadilly Circus |
Notes: Large store, popular with tourists - especially since it is open until midnight. Large specialist departments for Jazz, Classical, World etc. Metal selection is good, but prices tend to be amongst the dearest in London. Sometimes interesting imports are available here. Huge selection of music and fashion magazines and fanzines - including some really bizarre stuff in the basement
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162, Camden High St, London |
Tube Stop: Camden Town |
Notes: Mainstream store. Do not expect to find much in the way of metal here.
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62-64, Kensington High St, London |
Tube Stop: Kensington High Street |
Notes: Medium Sized store in fashionable shopping district. Likely to stock only mainstream artists.
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Unit 001b, Whiteleys Centre Queensway, London |
Tube Stop: Bayswater or Queensway |
Notes: Medium Sized store within small shopping mall. Tends to cater mainly popular tastes.
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14-16, Oxford St, London |
Tube Stop: Tottenham Court Road |
Notes: Large store with good specialist classical and Jazz sections - also good selection of Magazines, Tshirts, DVDs etc
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Piccadilly Circus, London |
Tube Stop: Piccadilly Circus |
Notes: Medium-sized store catering mainly for tourists. Open until Midnight, stock is limited and contains no specialist sections of any note. Sometimes has good selections of classic disks on sale very cheaply. Otherwise not really worth the trouble to visit.
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